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Sophia Velastegui

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Chief Executive Officer & Founder at Velastegui Ventures - AI Advisor & AI Consulting
📍 United States

Sophia Velastegui is an AI business executive and public board director, currently leading Velastegui Ventures, an AI consultancy. Her career includes roles as Chief AI Officer at Microsoft and Chief Product Officer at Aptiv, focusing on integrating AI to drive business growth. She is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and Stanford Law Schools Directors College.

Inspired by her mothers journey from rural Korea, Sophia values family, education, and tradition, making a point to create memories during holidays like Halloween. Her interest in technology was sparked at a young age by shows like Star Trek, fueling a lifelong passion for innovation and a drive to overcome challenges.

As a child, she took apart all her familys remote controls to build one master universal remote, held together by duct tape.

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Experience
6 Years
Current Role
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
United States
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AI for Boards
Writes for Forbes on AI strategy for corporate directors and chairs the Technology & Cybersecurity Committee for the board of BlackLine.
Women in AI
Advocates for diversity in AI development to prevent bias and unlock market value, authoring articles on the topic for publications like Forbes.
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Career

Work history

8-2020
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Velastegui Ventures - AI Advisor & AI Consulting
Board Director and Audit Committee; Chair, Technology & Cybersecurity Committee (NASDAQ: BL)
BlackLine
Chief Product Officer, P&L Leader
Aptiv
2-2020 - 1-2022
Chief AI Officer in Business Application Group
Microsoft
General Manager of AI Products & Search
Microsoft
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Education
MS
University of California, Berkeley
Director's College - Stanford Law School
Stanford University
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